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PDF Pagebreak Problems [message #1020725]

Mon, 18 March 2013 16:10

Eclipse User

hi community,

i also posted this topic over at birt-exchange, not sure if this is considered crossposting (/org/forum/index.php/topic/29023-pdf-pagebreak-problems/), just trying to increase my odds.

i got a problem when generating PDF reports. when i got some short row content followed by a long row content that doesn't fully fit onto the same page, the page breaks before the long row content, resulting in almost blank pages with only one row of text.

here are two examples, the first one is a html table with two table rows. i managed to set the pagebreak using inline CSS on that one to get the desired result.

example 1 (html table with 2 rows):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<report xmlns="http://www.eclipse.org/birt/2005/design" version="3.2.23" id="1">
<property name="createdBy">Eclipse BIRT Designer Version 4.2.2.v201301221637 Build <4.2.2.v20130206-1509></property>
<property name="units">in</property>
<property name="iconFile">/templates/blank_report.gif</property>
<property name="bidiLayoutOrientation">ltr</property>
<property name="imageDPI">72</property>
<styles>
<style name="report" id="4">
<property name="fontFamily">sans-serif</property>
<property name="fontSize">10pt</property>
</style>
</styles>
<page-setup>
<simple-master-page name="Simple MasterPage" id="2">
<page-footer>
<text id="3">
<property name="contentType">html</property>
<text-property name="content"><![CDATA[<value-of>new Date()</value-of>]]></text-property>
</text>
</page-footer>
</simple-master-page>
</page-setup>
<body>
<text id="7">
<property name="pageBreakInside">avoid</property>
<property name="contentType">html</property>
<text-property name="content"><![CDATA[<table style="page-break-inside:avoid">
<tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
<td>
Short Text
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="page-break-inside:auto;">
<td>
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<p>Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text </p>
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<p>Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text </p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>]]></text-property>
</text>
</body>
</report>

the second one is a detail view with two block elements in the same column. same thing happens with any combination of grids, tables etc. i believe i tried every possible combination of page breaking settings on these elements without success.

example 2 (ignore the missing data source/set):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<report xmlns="http://www.eclipse.org/birt/2005/design" version="3.2.23" id="1">
<property name="createdBy">Eclipse BIRT Designer Version 4.2.2.v201301221637 Build <4.2.2.v20130206-1509></property>
<property name="units">in</property>
<property name="iconFile">/templates/blank_report.gif</property>
<property name="layoutPreference">fixed layout</property>
<property name="bidiLayoutOrientation">ltr</property>
<property name="imageDPI">72</property>
<styles>
<style name="report" id="4">
<property name="fontFamily">sans-serif</property>
<property name="fontSize">10pt</property>
</style>
</styles>
<page-setup>
<simple-master-page name="Simple MasterPage" id="2">
<property name="type">a4</property>
<property name="headerHeight">30mm</property>
</simple-master-page>
</page-setup>
<body>
<table id="847">
<property name="pageBreakInside">avoid</property>
<column id="854"/>
<detail>
<row id="850">
<property name="pageBreakInside">avoid</property>
<cell id="851">
<label id="855">
<property name="pageBreakAfter">auto</property>
<property name="pageBreakBefore">auto</property>
<property name="pageBreakInside">auto</property>
<text-property name="text">Short Text</text-property>
</label>
<text id="856">
<property name="pageBreakAfter">auto</property>
<property name="pageBreakBefore">auto</property>
<property name="pageBreakInside">auto</property>
<property name="contentType">html</property>
<text-property name="content"><![CDATA[<p>Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text </p>
<p>Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text </p>
<p>Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text </p>
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<p>Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text </p>
<p>Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text </p>
<p>Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text Really Long Text </p>]]></text-property>
</text>
</cell>
</row>
</detail>
</table>
</body>
</report>

on repeating details this leaves me with loads of almost empty pages. is there any standard way to fix this or some workaround? version is 4.2.2

any hints and pointers very much appreciated.

Re: PDF Pagebreak Problems [message #1020857 is a reply to message #1020725]

Mon, 18 March 2013 23:40

Eclipse User

A solution on the second could be to set the display property for both elements to "inline". The setting can be found at the bottom of the general section of the property editor, for each element.

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[Updated on: Mon, 18 March 2013 23:43] by Moderator

Re: PDF Pagebreak Problems [message #1020899 is a reply to message #1020857]

Tue, 19 March 2013 02:26

Eclipse User

thanks for the tip michael. i'll use that as a workaround for now. however, the problem persists with repeated detail rows. is there any way to fix this?

Re: PDF Pagebreak Problems [message #1021153 is a reply to message #1020899]

Tue, 19 March 2013 11:27

Eclipse User

Please log a bug for this and post the bug info in here. I'll let you know if I find a workaround.

Re: PDF Pagebreak Problems [message #1021154 is a reply to message #1020899]

Tue, 19 March 2013 11:27

Eclipse User

Please log a bug for this and post the bug info in here. I'll let you know if I find a workaround.

Re: PDF Pagebreak Problems [message #1021155 is a reply to message #1020899]

Tue, 19 March 2013 11:28

Eclipse User

Please log a bug for this and post the bug info in here. I'll let you know if I find a workaround.

EDIT: Sorry for the duplicate posts. The newsgroup was acting up and not showing my post. Smile

[Updated on: Tue, 19 March 2013 11:31] by Moderator

Re: PDF Pagebreak Problems [message #1021157 is a reply to message #1020725]

Tue, 19 March 2013 11:28

Eclipse User

Please log a bug for this and post the bug info in here. I'll let you know if I find a workaround.

Re: PDF Pagebreak Problems [message #1021158 is a reply to message #1020899]

Tue, 19 March 2013 11:29

Eclipse User

Please log a bug for this and post the bug info in here. I'll let you know if I find a workaround.

Re: PDF Pagebreak Problems [message #1021214 is a reply to message #1021158]

Tue, 19 March 2013 13:15

Eclipse User

Sorry again for the duplicate posts. Eclipse.org was not showing my post, which it does at times, so I hit submit again a few times and like 3 minutes later, they started showing up. Smile

Anyways, Kris was working on your issue, this morning, so we talked about it a bit and he came up with an interesting workaround to use while the bug is not fixed. It's posted on your question on BIRT Exchange:

BIRT Exchange Forum - PDF Pagebreak Problems

Please still log the bug and post the bug info in here, though. Thanks!

Re: PDF Pagebreak Problems [message #1822668 is a reply to message #1021214]

Wed, 11 March 2020 04:31

Eclipse User

hi! I met the same problem. and I cant open the link http://www.birt-exchange.org/org/forum/index.php/topic/29023-pdf-pagebreak-problems/
was this problem solved? someone please repost this solution here

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